[Bell Historians] Re: Vandalls?

[Richard Smith richard@ex-parrot.com [bellhistorians]]

gareth at charollais.co.uk [bellhistorians] wrote:

> So leaving aside the word 'vandalls' or whatever it might be, can anyone
> enlighten me about the purpose of fitting stays to the wheels and why they
> would have been needed. Are we talking about strengthening ties between the
> headstock and the wheel?

Quite possibly.  Tintinnalogia uses the word 'stay' for 
these ties - see the end of the penultimate paragraph on 
page 136:  "when the wheel is new, nail Stays from the Stock 
to each Spoke, to keep it from warping."

RAS


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Posted by: Richard Smith <richard at ex-parrot.com>
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